Tag Archives: winter

This beautiful winter wonderland shaped card design by Debbie Simpson is one for more advanced card makers. Debbie’s more elaborate card design allows you to build up a beautiful Christmas scene – it makes us feel chilly just looking at it! The stair step card method is a fabulous way to create a shaped card… Continue reading →

Here’s another little sneak-peek treat from the December issue of Papercraft inspirations – one of Sue Burrows’ découpage Christmas cards! In the mag, Sue shares four great designs using the Dovecraft Santa’s Workshop collection, and we’ve got a step-by-step guide and tips from our testers too. Don’t forget that there’s still time to get a fantastic… Continue reading →

The Autumn Knitting and Stitching Show kicks off tomorrow (running from 10th to 13th October at Alexandra Palace, London) and Papercraft inspirations will be there with a special project for you to make! This stunning ice-skate card certainly has the ‘wow’ factor and it’s straightforward to make too! We’ll be demonstrating how to make it… Continue reading →

If you’re looking for a card that’s a bit different for Father’s Day, then Julie Kirk’s manly cards are for you! Julie’s used wide ribbon to create rosettes and ties that look great on your cards! The sentiments can all be printed out in an instant, making it really easy to piece together a quick… Continue reading →

Angela’s full of sweet treats this Christmas. The other day we posted her scrumptious chocolate coin card, and today we’ve got a this lovely little gingerbread man tag to pop on your Christmas gifts for a touch of festive sweetness! Below you can find easy step-by-step instructions, as well as a free gingerbread man template!… Continue reading →

Chocolate and Christmas go hand-in-hand, and our very own Angela Poole has designed this Christmas card to bring two of our favourite festive treats together (chocolate and card making!). You can find simple step-by-step instructions below, as well as a full list of what you’ll need. Enjoy! You’ll need: Red card blank 12x12in patterned papers… Continue reading →

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Papercraft HQ, and we’re constantly on the look out for quick and easy Christmas cards. We couldn’t resist sharing this simple and stylish Christmas tree with you all. You can find a free template and step-by-step instructions below. Happy crafting! For this Christmas tree card you… Continue reading →

How cool are these cute little penguins? Angela Poole has come up with a set of adorable Christmas cards featuring them in issue 106 of Papercraft inspirations magazine. Check out the issue for full instructions on how to make Angela’s designs – including a step-by-step guide to making a fantastic snow globe shaker card!… Continue reading →

Lara Watson’s adorable 3D advent calendar has been cunningly created from decorated matchboxes, each hiding a different advent delight inside them. This fantastic design is from Papercraft Inspirations 105 and Lara explains that using matchboxes is a great method for making a calendar: “The beauty of sliding boxes is that you can wrap twine, ribbon… Continue reading →

Get into the Christmas spirit with Angela Poole’s super-cute set of Santa printables. Her fabulously fun illustrations have been designed in a lovely retro style and are ideal for friends or family, so you can make gorgeous festive cards galore. Angela has created some cute cards featuring these printables in Papercraft inspirations issue 105, so… Continue reading →

Make Anna Moore’s beautiful wreath card – it’s easy with punched shapes and adhesive pearls! Anna has used die-cut circles to make this card really quick, but you could easily create the circles with scalloped scissors or punches if you prefer. Scroll down to find Anna’s step-by-step guide! You will need Basic card kit,… Continue reading →

When you have lots of Christmas cards to make, it’s often easier to stick to just one design and form a production line. Each of these cute penguins has been made from 8 punched circles of card. It’s so simple as there’s no need for any templates or measuring. Just pop onto a wintry background… Continue reading →

Left your Christmas cards to the last minute? Don’t worry! Kirsty Neale has got 10 super-speedy cards to make in minutes – find them in issue 94 of Papercraft inspirations, on sale 23rd November. Get started with Kirsty’s fab free downloads! Just click below to download each card design, then you can print out and… Continue reading →

We’ve got a special treat for you this week – eight free patterned papers for you to download and print out! There’ll be two papers each day from today until Thursday, so come back each day to collect the whole set! And just for fun, we’re giving you a card challenge! Create a Christmas card… Continue reading →

Are you ready to take up this month’s Papercraft challenge? This time’s idea is for you to create a card on a ‘winter wonderland’ theme. Use any techniques and any products, as long as it’s a wintry design. It doesn’t even have to be Christmassy! Show us what you make – email your photos to… Continue reading →

Our December issue hits the shops today! We know you’re going to love Angela Poole’s magical moving characters as much as we do – their arms and legs are attached with brads, so they jump and move at the pull of a string! Your free templates are here, and you’ll find Angela’s step-by-step guide… Continue reading →

Say hello and welcome to Katy Sue Designs. Sue says “Hope your all having fun and feeling inspired. We’d like to share this gorgeous Christmas Snow Globe shaker card with you as it’s proving so popular at the exhibitions we attend around the country.” If you follow the link below you can also watch… Continue reading →

Hello to Blade Rubber Stamps and their fun soldier friend! Here’s all the info you need to create this simple card for yourself. They’ve even included all the prices so you can work out your Christmas crafting budget more easily. You could create cards for all your family and friends with this little shopping… Continue reading →

Is that another knock at the door we hear?! Welcome Cathy to the party – she’s bringing an adorable card idea from Penny Black! Doesn’t this design just have oodles of wow factor? We wish that computer screen were 3D then we could really show off all the depth in her wonderful layered card! … Continue reading →

When a collection of patterned papers and embellishments is as scrummy as the new Nordic Holiday collection by Basic Grey, we’re keen to make sure they’re on our invitation list to come to the party! And with this gorgeous card idea to share they’ve not disappointed us, don’t you agree? Shopping list Nordic Holiday NOR-3445… Continue reading →

Here’s another party guest! It’s the sweet ladies from Lawn Fawn – yay! We’re so glad they’ve been able to make it, as Lawn Fawn is a hot new stamp company with the cutest clear stamps. “I couldn’t resist bringing a card to the party using our new Ornate Ornaments stamps set,” says Lawn Fawn-card… Continue reading →

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